Farmer Support

We support low-income farmers with training in new cultivation techniques and help them understand the importance of using organic fertilisers and pesticides. We also supply seeds and farming facilities such as fertiliser sprayer pumps and safety kits comprising industrial gloves, face masks, rechargeable torches, safety shoes etc.

Within six years of supporting widowed farmers in Osmanabad with crop seeds and training in land acquisitions, packaging, pricing and marketing, most had become self-reliant and requested us to support other widows instead.

During the pandemic lockdown, we trained tribal migrant families from Palghar in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and improvement of their kitchen gardens and offered them a start-up kit of paddy seeds, urea briquettes and vegetable saplings. They soon began to earn a livelihood from farming.

Our project, ‘Harita’, is empowering 300 women farmers in Javale, Vadgaon, and Mirje, Maharashtra. It focuses on promoting on-farm, off-farm, and non-farm entrepreneurship.

Tribal women face ongoing difficulties in attaining sustainable livelihoods due to various socio-economic factors. Our initiative, the Saathi project, addresses these challenges by providing comprehensive support, including empowerment, training, and entrepreneurial guidance to women farmers in Trimbakeshwar-Nasik. As we continue our commitment to tribal women empowerment, we envisage further expansion and deepening of our impact, ensuring these communities’ ongoing progress and prosperity.We signed an agreement with the Kherwadi Social Welfare Association to train women farmers in Palghar, Maharashtra, in vermicomposting and organic farming. It will promote sustainable agriculture and empower tribal women.

In our endeavour to empower rural women, we promote farm mechanisation among women farmers at the village level and non-farm livelihoods through mushroom cultivation among women from landless as well as small and marginal farming households. We partnered with the BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD) to launch Project UDYAMITA in Jarod and Halol, Gujarat. We train them in improved agricultural practices of creeper cultivation, floriculture and vegetable farming, and register them with micro, small and medium enterprises for mushroom production. In addition, we also upskill farmers and provide seed bags, fertiliser sprayer pumps and other agricultural facilities.

Finolex Industries Limited, in partnership with Mukul Madhav Foundation, supports tribal families in Tripura, aiming for self-reliance through sustainable farming practices. Our efforts started with betel nut cultivation, expanding to integrated farming and mushroom cultivation. In 2022, we selected 26 families in Devipur ADC Village of South Tripura district and supported them with 3,900 betel nut saplings. We distributed 6,000 horticultural plants, including mango, red apple ber, guava, and lemon, to 30 families in Bardhaman Thakur Para ADC Village. The Integrated Farming Project promotes sustainable agriculture by providing training on crop cultivation, livestock rearing, and financial assistance. This initiative, in collaboration with Yuva Vikas Kendra, enhances the livelihoods of marginalised communities. It ensures long-term support and development.

Our work in Jammu & Kashmir began during the pandemic with a grocery support initiative for underprivileged families.  We continued our association with a local on-ground partner to support women with a small herd of sheep and skills in sheep rearing, thus allowing them to earn a sustainable income.We support destitute and vulnerable women across 12 villages in the Kupwara, Pulwama, and Budgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir using our association with a local on-ground partner to provide a small herd of sheep and skills in sheep rearing. It allows them to earn a sustainable income. We aim to empower women-headed households, widows, farmer women, and others by providing sustainable livelihood opportunities.